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Luo Xiu looked on with great interest, which startled Amu again. He smiled wryly and said:

"I'm sorry, Lord Luo Xiu, when I joined the Knights, Lady Selena was already the captain of the [Demon Slayer] team, so I don't know much about her early days in the Knights."

"All I know is that she seemed to be at the fourth level as soon as she joined the Knights, and at that time she was only 20 years old. When she reached the fifth level, she was just over 30."

"There were even rumors ten years ago that Lady Selena was actually capable of reaching the sixth rank, but she had been suppressing herself because her goal was to reach the seventh rank in this world one day after she had fully sublimated herself at the fifth rank."

Tier 7 is the ultimate goal for every adventurer in this kingdom, and also the upper limit of this kingdom.

In this world lacking in divinity, the seventh rank is already the limit that adventurers can reach.

Listening to Amu's description, Luo Xiu realized that Selena was indeed a peerless genius.

At just over 30 years old, she has already reached the fifth rank. If nothing unexpected happens, she might actually be able to reach the seventh rank.

By then, the previous generation of [Guides] would have trained two seventh-tier individuals.

On the other hand, when it came to Selena, Amu really opened up and listed all of Selena's contributions at the time:

"When Her Excellency Selena was in charge, we held the front line and pushed it forward by several hundred meters, setting the best record in a century."

"In addition, Her Excellency Selena pushed for tactical reforms, proposed a group combination system, and also promoted the implementation of a system to protect the wounded."

"Most importantly, Lady Selena is the key figure who facilitated the cooperation between our Knights Order and the Academy. You may not know this, but more than a decade ago, the relationship between our Knights Order of Rovanp and the Academy was terrible..."

"Lady Selena seems to never grow old, she..."

Luo Xiu listened patiently to Amu's story. The image of a dashing woman, whose long hair fell to her shoulders when she took off her helmet, and who commanded tens of thousands of soldiers in battle when she put on her helmet, always leading the charge and standing at the forefront of the battle line, gradually took shape in his mind.

After what seemed like an eternity, Amu finally stopped, licking his chapped lips. He looked at Luo Xiu with embarrassment.

"I apologize, sir. Have I taken up too much of your time?"

"No."

Luo Xiu shook his head and smiled:

"I think your description is very vivid. I must admit that just by listening to your description, I can feel the charm of Her Majesty Selena."

"What I said is not even a third of what Lady Selena has done."

Amu's eyes lit up when he heard Luo Xiu's approval of Selena:

"It's a pity. If you and Lady Selena could get to know each other, you would definitely become friends."

"Yes, I believe it."

Luo Xiu chuckled and nodded.

If I were to actually meet that stunningly beautiful woman, what should I call her? Auntie?

"So...did Lady Selena have an accident back then?"

Luo Xiu asked a question that Amu had never touched upon.

Amu's eyes visibly trembled, and his once excited gaze gradually dimmed.

"It was...an accident...but not exactly..."

Amu scratched his head, his face turning pale. His elegant curly hair seemed to instantly transform into a messy bird's nest, reflecting the change in his entire demeanor.

"Eight years ago, on that night, we had just won a major battle and were cleaning up the battlefield, but we never expected that the major battle was just a pretext used by those beasts."

"During the cleanup of the battlefield, countless lurking monsters rapidly approached, taking advantage of the still turbulent sea."

“We detected it in time, but… Lady Selena wasn’t there at the time.”

"Because a massive demonic tide happened to occur in the second division, Lady Selena went to provide reinforcements."

"Without a fifth-tier hero, we would certainly be no match, but we were prepared for this situation, so our losses were not significant. We just need to wait for Lady Selena to return."

"But when Lady Selena returned, she discovered... that hidden in that demonic tide was a... sixth-tier mermaid."

At this point, Amu's expression turned pained, and his body trembled slightly, as if he had returned to that night.

"Lady Selena could have run away... Even as a sixth-tier mermaid, with her strength, escape would have been easy, but... but... we..."

Amu's voice was trembling, and he couldn't continue speaking.

It was a night shrouded in darkness when Selena arrived like moonlight, tearing through the darkness only to discover it was a trap as deep as an endless abyss.

This trap is not fatal. If she wants, she can withdraw from it at any time. Dealing with the sixth-tier is the leader's job.

But she wasn't alone in the trap. With the methods of a sixth-tier demon, nearly ten thousand soldiers, the highest of whom were only fourth-tier, could very well die in an instant.

So she chose to face the challenge head-on.

This is not a foolish or reckless act.

Because she truly has the ability to reach the sixth rank.

In fact, she did indeed reach the sixth level that night, if...

If it weren't for that sixth-tier Flood Lizard hiding underneath... perhaps she really could have won.

The pale yet beautiful face reappeared in Amu's mind, the blood-stained body lying on the cold, black reef. By the time he stumbled and crawled over, prying open the tattered armor, it was too late.

The academy's sixth-tier priest couldn't arrive in time, and the guild's treasured sixth-tier potions couldn't be retrieved in time; everything was too late.

In the end, she could only look at herself rushing to the front of her, her face bearing a bloodstained smile that she tried her best to show but couldn't quite manage:

"Amu... I'm entrusting the [Demon Slayer] to you..."

"Thank you for your hard work..."

"..."

"..."

Amu didn't say anything, he just sobbed uncontrollably, while Luo Xiu had already read everything. [Judgment·Authority] helped him, and under the intense emotional turmoil, he sensed what happened that night.

From an outsider's perspective, he saw things differently.

An existence capable of reaching the sixth rank at any time would absolutely not fail to discover the sixth-rank submerged lizard hidden beneath the sea surface.

That night wasn't actually a trap for Selena, but rather a scale set in the shadows.

Once she walks through the darkness and onto the scales, she will have to make a choice.

The choice is between living or sacrificing one of the nearly ten thousand soldiers.

Selena made a choice that most people wouldn't make, just like the part that Luo Xiu really liked in Amu's nearly half-hour description:

She's the kind of girl who, beneath her cold armor, actually wears a dress on her heart. After a victory, she'll toast with her soldiers with a radiant smile, the wine glistening on her flowing hair, making her even more beautiful.

Selena.

Luo Xiu said nothing and waited with Leila, who was moved, for Amu to finish crying silently.

After a moment, Amu calmed down and hurriedly wiped away the tears on his face:

"I'm sorry, Lord Luo Xiu, I lost my composure."

"No, it doesn't matter."

Luo Xiu spoke softly:

"Thank you for answering my question despite being so heartbroken, Lord Amu."

Amu quickly waved his hand:

"You said you had two questions for me. Besides Lady Selena, what is the other one?"

"I would also like to ask you, have you ever heard Lady Selena mention her teacher?"

Luo Xiu emphasized the last few words.

Upon hearing Luo Xiu's words, Amu's expression suddenly changed, a mixture of confusion and understanding:

"So...it was true..."

What is real?

Seeing the change in Amu's expression, Luo Xiu had a sudden thought and pressed for an answer.

"You...this..."

Amu's expression was complex, as if he were going through a great internal struggle. Finally, he looked at Luo Xiu and, as if making a major decision, spoke earnestly:

Have you ever heard of Her Excellency Selena, your teacher?

"Please forgive my rudeness, Lord Rosh, but the note left by Lady Selena states that only those who know her teacher's name can obtain her things."

"[Introducer]."

Luo Xiu's lips moved as if he hadn't said anything, but those two words clearly reached Amu's ears.

Amu's pupils constricted sharply. He looked at Luo Xiu in front of him, then suddenly reached out and grabbed Luo Xiu's arm without hesitation.

"You...you come with me..."

Amu pulled Luo Xiu along at a jog until they arrived at a brightly colored tent.

The outside of the tent was very clean, with no dust, suggesting that someone comes to clean it regularly.

Amu led Luo Xiu into the tent, which appeared to be a study. There were no bookshelves; all the books and notes were hung in bags on the four walls of the tent.

"This is Lady Selena's room..."

Amu gave a brief introduction, walked to the corner of the tent, took out a booklet, and handed it to Luo Xiu.

Only those who answer the questions on the first page can unlock this; those who cannot answer the questions will not understand it even if they unlock it.

A note was clipped to the cover of the booklet, with a sentence written on it and a smiling face sticking out its tongue drawn on the back.

Luo Xiu turned to the first page of the booklet.

What is my teacher's name?

The question is very simple, and the answer is even on the back of the cover. It seems that what is written in the booklet is very secret, and it doesn't matter if others find it.

But Luo Xiu sensed something strange.

If you really want to hide some truth written in the booklet, you don't need the note on the cover at all. The best approach is to make the booklet look ordinary, such as disguising it as a diary.

This practice of inserting notes into the cover is not just about hiding the truth, but more like conveying some kind of message.

Pass the information to the person who can answer the first question.